STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. 'The Marathon.' Stories of the twenty-six-mile Olympic race. Script by Rhoda Power.
2.20 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. 'Across the Pacific' from 'Kon-tiki,' a narrative poem by Ian Serraillier
2.30 LET'S JOIN IN. ' The Good Luck Horse,' arranged for broadcasting by Miriam Langdon from the book by Chih-yi and Plato Chan. Part 2.
2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS
Excerpts from Act 1 of 'Hugh the Drover' by Vaughan Williams
Other parts by Fabian Smith. John Probyn and Keith Kennedy
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe)
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Introduced by John Russell